John Oliver has left The Daily Show for his own HBO show called Last Week Tonight and the opening show was absolutely fantastic. He mocked the American television media for largely ignoring the elections coming up in India and highlighted some of the newsworthy elements of the campaigns. Here’s part of how he profiled surging [Read More...]

John Oliver does a number on Froma Harrop over her hypocrisy of calling the Tea Party Republicans “economic terrorists”, comparable to al-Qaeda, while simultaneously running a project for restoring civility in public discourse. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Last [Read More...]

Jon Stewart’s remarks about Tucson two nights ago were poignant, conciliatory, honest, humble, and insightful: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Here he hits the nail on the head: I do think it is a worthwhile goal not to conflate our political opponents with enemies, if for [Read More...]